SAINT AMBROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH FEBRUARY 18, 2018 First Sunday of Lent One does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God. MT 4:4B 5130 Wilson Avenue St. Louis, MO 63110 Parish Office Hours Monday Friday 8am - 4pm Phone: 314.771.1228 FAX: 314.771.0454 St. Ambrose School Phone: 314.772.1437 PARISH MISSION STATEMENT We, the members of St. Ambrose Parish, believe that, through our faith and baptism, we have been called to give witness to the values of Jesus as expressed in the Gospel and teachings of our Church. www.stambroseonthehill.com
SAINT AMBROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH PARISH STAFF IMPORTANT INFORMATION Msgr. Vincent Bommarito........Pastor Rev. Mr. Daniel Tracy...Deacon Rev. Mr. Joseph Fragale.Deacon Sharon Gambaro..Bookkeeper Jenn Kelly....Secretary Parish Office Directory: 771-1228, mailbox #: Msgr. Vincent Bommarito... 1.....frvinceb@gmail.com Jenn Kelly.2.....jkelly@stambroseonthehill.com Sharon Gambaro 3...sgambaro@stambroseonthehill.com Masses Monday - Friday...6:30 am School Masses (While School is in Session) Tuesday & Friday.8:00 am Weekend Masses Saturday.........5 pm Sunday....7, 9 and 11 am Communion Service Saturday 7:30 am Holy Day Mass Schedule 6:30 and 9 am, 12:00 noon Confession Saturday 4:00-4:30 pm Adoration Each Friday 8:30 am-12 pm when school is in session. Rectory Office Hours: Monday - Friday - 8 am - 4 pm Use entrance located between rectory and school. St. Ambrose School 5110 Wilson Ave. (314) 772-1437 http://school.stambroseonthehill.com/ Barbara Zipoli.......Principal 114...bzipoli@stambroseonthehill.com Linda Gambaro........Secretary 116 Marriage Call the pastor to discuss your wedding arrangements. You may have a wedding at St. Ambrose if you have been an active member of the parish for at least six months. RCIA Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults If you are interested in learning more about the Catholic faith, please speak with Deacon Joe Fragale at 314-282-0739. Classes are on Wednesday evenings, beginning Oct. 18 and continuing until Easter. Eucharistic Ministers/Lectors If you would like to volunteer to help with this ministry, please call the rectory. St. Vincent de Paul Society For more info please call 289-6101, ext 1131. Choirs To join the Sunday choir, contact Gary Scott at the rectory. Bulletin Articles are due at least 8 days before distribution. E-mail articles to Jenn Kelly jkelly@stambroseonthehill.com PSR Contact the South City Deanery PSR Nancy Haselhorst at 314-773-3070. Leave a message. Children s Liturgy of the Word This is a short worship service for children aged 3-10 years. The service is offered during each 9 am Sunday Mass during the school year.
PARISH CALENDAR Monday, February 19: Rectory Closed- Presidents Day 6:00 pm St. Ambrose Soceity-PBJ CH Wednesday, February 21: 6:30-8 pm RCIA CH-Ed Room 7:00 pm Knights of Columbus CH Friday, February 23: 8am-12pm Eucharistic Adoration 10 am-12 pm Crochet/Knitting CH Sunday, February 25: SVDP Sunday Reception for Sunday Children s Choir & Altar Servers after the 9 am Mass St. Ambrose Sacrificial Giving Summary 2017/18 Goal (July 1 June 30) $520,000 Weekly information Week ending: 02/04/2018 Amount budgeted: $ 10,000.00 Amount collected: $ 9,676.00 Surplus (Shortfall): ($ 324.00) Year-to-date information Amount budgeted: $ 320,000.00 Amount collected: $ 329,507.00 Surplus (Shortfall): $ 9,507.00 St. Louis Review Subscription Campaign A one-year subscription to the archdiocesan publication is $30, which is 50 issues at 60 cents per issue. Any contribution over $30 helps those in the parish who cannot afford to receive the St. Louis Review. The parish is assessed for all unpaid subscriptions. Please submit your payment in the collection basket. Interested in meeting new neighbors? Please contact the rectory if you have some free time to help welcome new residents to the Hill neighborhood. Current activities include preparing informational folders, calling newly registered parishioners, and delivering welcome packets. WEEKEND OF FEBRUARY 24 & 25 5:00 pm 7:00 am 9:00 am 11:00 am Lector: A. Danter R. Zapf Students D. Carnaghi Eucharistic S. Favazza C. Crowe A. Biondolino M. McKeever Ministers: L. Tomlinson J. McDermott J. Kelly M. Mense J. Canino L. Cottone J. Johnson L. April M. Wohlert M. Bishop Servers: A. Steck J. Hovey G. Fogarty A. Fuse G. Steck R. Hovey O. Brusatti J. Abbate C. Hayes G. Brusatti M. Abbate
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THIS WEEK Monday, February 19 6:30 am Cristiano Gherardini Tuesday, February 20 6:30 am Jean Barbaglia 8:00 am Josie & Len Tocco Wednesday, February 21 6:30 am Giovanna Paglione Thursday, February 22 6:30 am Primo Monolo Friday, February 23 6:30 am Francis & Salvatore Marchesi 8:00 am Anthony Parker Saturday, February 24 7:30 am Communion Service 5:00 pm Christina Giudici Croci Sunday, February 25 7:00 am Mary Severs 9:00 am For the People 11:00 am Bob & Bobby Ceriotti Recent Baptisms Sofia Anne Proctor, daughter of Jeffrey and Anna Proctor. Please pray for those who have requested prayers: Larry, Candice, Terry, Minnie, Cindy, Diane, Maggie, Ron, Liz, Kevin, Sue, Josephine, Leonard, Steve, Corey, Mindy, Ann, Martin, Madeline, Luca, Maureen, Angela, Jacquelyn, Jane, Shirley, Barb, Mike, Paul, Tina, Kirby, Jane, Jeff, Carol, Diane, Robyn, Rosemary If you have a prayer request, please contact Jenn Kelly at 771-1228 or e-mail her at jkelly@stambroseonthehill.com. Each prayer request will be honored for a month. Recent Deaths Please pray for Robert Garegnani. May his soul and all the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace. Sacrament of Baptism Baptismal classes (for the first child only) will be held on the second Sunday of the month after the 9 am Mass. Baptisms will be scheduled after completion of baptismal classes. For information and to schedule a class, please contact Deacon Joe Fragale at 314-282-0739 or by email jfragale@stambroseonthehill.com. Baptisms are performed on the first and third Sunday of the month at Noon, and at 12:30 pm for visiting priests/deacons. WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN ST. AMBROSE PARISH? If you are not currently registered in another parish and wish to join our parish, please complete this form and place it the collection basket or mail it to: St. Ambrose Rectory, 5130 Wilson Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110. We will see that you receive a registration form. NAME: ADDRESS: ZIP CODE: PHONE #: E-MAIL
Upcoming Activities St. Ambrose Society St. Patrick Center Sandwich Program Monday, February 19, 6:00pm Make sandwiches for the homeless in the Church Hall. Missionaries of Charity Soup Kitchen Saturday, February 24, 8:30-11:00am Work with St. Teresa of Calcutta s Sisters at the Soup Kitchen. Fr. Dempsey s Home Prep Wednesday, February 28, 6:30-8:00pm Make meal for homeless veterans in the Cafeteria. Fr. Dempsey s Home Thursday, March 1, 3:30-5:00pm Serve meal to homeless veterans at Fr. Dempsey s Home. Monthly Meeting No meeting in February! PBJ Sandwich Night Monday, February 19 th 6PM in the Church Hall! St. Vincent de Paul Sunday is February 25, 2018. Please be generous. Thanks! St. Ambrose will be hosting a Protecting God s Children Workshop on Tuesday February 27th at 6 PM in the church hall. To register go to http://www.virtusonline.org/virtus/reg_li st2.cfm?theorgid=14498&theme=0 The session is listed as a closed session so scroll down until you find the date and you will see St. Ambrose mentioned in the note section in red font. This workshop is required to work with children or in the school building when children are present. MOUNT CARMEL SODALITY PRESENTS LINDA S LINE A COLLECTION OF UNIQUELY DECORATED VINTAGE PURSES EACH A ONE OF A KIND TREASURE Contact To volunteer, please contact Deacon Joe at jfragale@stambroseonthehill.com or 314-282-0739. Visit SAS on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/stambrosesociety/. TUESDAY MARCH 13, 2018 6:30PM ST. AMBROSE CHURCH HALL
St. Ambrose will be offering Stations of the Cross this Lenten Season on Fridays at 6:00pm. If you have any questions please contact Deacon Joe Fragale at jfragale@stambroseonthehill.com or Jim Allen at 314-604-8109. The Knights of Columbus, St. Ambrose Council will be collecting can goods once again this Lenten Season. Last year was a great success and made a big impact in fighting hunger in our area. During our 40 Cans for Lent program, we aspire to have each parishioner at St. Ambrose contribute one can of food per day throughout the 40 days of Lent, which begins on Ash Wednesday. We ve placed a special container in the church entrance to help collect your donations of canned foods (and dry goods), which will be used to fill local food pantry shelves. For more information please contact Jim Allen at 314-604-8109. To sign up for the Best Lent Ever follow the link below. https://dynamiccatholic.com/bestlentever
SCHOOL NEWS St. Ambrose School s website and Facebook pages are a great way to learn more about all of the exciting experiences happening in our school! Check them out at http://school.stambroseonthehill.com/ St. Ambrose Students have been busy doing acts of service at school and on their own time. St. Ambrose students completed a couple of projects to be distributed to St. Ambrose parishioners who reside in nursing homes. The 1 st & 8 th grade buddies worked together to make Valentine s cards. The members of Pio & Goretti Houses painted crosses to brighten up the parishioners residences. On a Saturday a group of students met at the Humane Society to bake Valentine s treats for the animals and read to the shelter dogs. Student Council organized a First Friday collection to support St. Ambrose Society s. The student body brought in many jars of peanut butter and jelly to be used to make sandwiches for the homeless.
You re Invited! What: Social time for altar servers and children's choir members. When: Sunday, February 25, immediately after the 9:00 a.m. Mass. Who is Invited: Anyone who sings, serves or reads regularly on Sundays at the 9:00 a.m. Mass. How: RSVP to Gary Scott at 314-489-8937 or at garys8118@gmail.com. Please bring ONE item (snacks, juice, paper products, fruit, etc.) to share. Catholic Sisters Exhibit at St. Louis Public Library Celebrate the contributions Catholic sisters have made to the St. Louis community for the last 200 years and counting by visiting the St. Louis Public Library s upcoming exhibit, Catholic Sisters: The Spirit of St. Louis on display March 3 through April 28 at the Central Library at 1301 Olive Street. The exhibit is open Mondays through Saturdays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The free exhibit, which corresponds with National Catholic Sisters Week from March 8-14, will represent 15 religious communities who have had an impact on education and healthcare, as well highlight the services they have provided those in need. You can find more information about the exhibit, cosponsored by the Communicators for Catholic Sisters, at stlouiscatholicsisters.org. Show Me Life Pro-Life Action Day at State Capitol March 13, 2018 Support legislation to save the lives of unborn children. Join pro-lifers in Jefferson City on Tuesday, March 13th at the State Capitol. The featured speaker will be Carol Tobias, National Right to Life Committee President. Registration begins at 10:00 am in the 1 st floor rotunda with the noon rally. To register for the bus, call or email your name, address, city, zip, phone, email address and pick-up location to mrl.eastern@yahoo.com or 314-434-4900. Registration deadline for bus transportation is March 5. Donations towards cost of bus will be collected that day. Wear RED for Life! www.missourilife.org
The SLSO is offering members and friends of the Italian Club of St. Louis a special ticket price of $35 for Respighi s Pines of Rome on Saturday, March 24 at 8 pm. An optional buffet pre-party is planned at LoRusso s on Grand at an additional cost. Tickets must be purchased through the Italian Club to receive this price. To make a reservation or for more information, contact Debbie Monolo at 314-458-5209 or at ciao@italianclubstl.org. Credit cards accepted; tickets must be paid for at the time of the reservation no later than Thursday, March 15. We look forward to welcoming your group on March 24! *Limited tickets available at this special offer. The Peregrine Society s 10 th Annual Trivia Night will be held on Saturday, March 3, 2018 at Electrician s Hall, 5850 Elizabeth at Hampton Ave (63110). All proceeds benefit Peregrine s service programs for area cancer patients and their families. Doors open at 6:15 pm and play begins at 7:00 pm. Cost is $25 per person or $200 for a table of 8. Beer, wine, soft drinks and snacks are included in the admission price. Cash prizes will be awarded. For reservations, call 314-781- 6775 or visit our websitewww.peregrinesoc.org. ATTENTION: SEPARATED, DIVORCED, WIDOWED OR REMARRIED OF ALL AGES You are invited to join us for fun and to make new friends at the next meeting of the South County Separated, Divorced, Widowed and Remarried Catholics (SCDC) on Thursday, February 22, 2018 at 7:00 p.m., at the Saint Catherine Laboure parish cafeteria, 9740 Sappington Road, Sunset Hills, Missouri. At this meeting Vickie Burns from Friends on the Go Travel Club will be our guest speaker followed by refreshments afterward. SCDC is a support group for the separated, divorced, widowed and remarried of our community. SCDC offers social activities and a support group that provides the opportunity to share your story with caring people. For more information please call Pat Lynch at (314) 537-5930, Bill DeCoursey at (314) 894-0733, or Jan Inman at (314) 892-6933 for our support group.